Art of producing lace effects.



ART 0F PRODUCING LACE EFFECTS. APPLcATloN FILED rea. 19, 191s.

1 ,2l 6,637. Patented Feb. 20, v1917'.

fugge MM' HT TOR/VEY HENRY WEIL, oF NEW YORK, iv. Y.

ART oF FRoDUcING LACE EFFECTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Feb. zo, 191.7."`

Application filed February 19,` 1916. Serial No. 79,299.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it knoivn that I, HENRY WEIL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Art of Producing Lace Effects, of which the following is a specification.l

This invention relates to the art of producing lace eii'ects, the object being to provide a method by of lace insertion in a piece of material may be obtained Without inserting a real lace medallion or lace insertion in a cut out space in the material in the usual manner.

The object of the present invention is to enable the manufacturer of art embroideries to produce an article at reduced cost, which will closely resemble and produce substanf, tially the same transparent effect as a real lace insertion.

In the accompanying dra-Wings Figure` 1 is a face View of a piece of material in Which f a lace insert effect has been produced according to this invention.,

Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective vieW showing aportion of themaiterial With the design for lace effect embroidered on the bacl -ground In carrying out the invention I provide a dark background, preferably black, in or on the desired material, a portion of Which is shown at 1 in the drawings, vsuch back ground occupying the space or spaces Which Would ordinarily be cut out to receive the lace medallion or insertion. This background may be of contrasting color from that of the material itself or may be of the same color. This background, Which is indicated by the reference character 2 inthe drawings, is

adapted to carry the'design, in'- dicated at 3, representing the lace effect,

Which may be stamped or printed thereon., form a guide for.

This printed design may Working or embroidering the design upon the material, a small portion of such Worked'V or embroidered design being shoWn at 4 in Fig. 3, or the stamped or printed design for lace effect may be used upon the background Without embroidering. Y

The pattern or design for lace effect is applied, as shown, to the background Vin a manner identical With the manner in Which an actual lace insertion Would be applied in an opening corresponding to the background, the'edges of the pattern beingso means of Which the effect p or bureau scarfs, etc,

ground proper.,

disposed With reference to the edges of the background as to give the eii'ect of the lace being' While such arrangement,

in conjunction With the contrasting colors of the pattern attached at its edges to the material for lace effect and the background, causes the latter to present the appearance of-an opening inthe material in Whichv the lace is inserted.

T he material When this method may be poses, such aspillovv tops,'draperies, buffet In fact, it is adapted for usefor any purpose for Which real lace insertions or edgings may be used., and the 'effect ofthe same, particularly When viewed from a little distance, is identical with that produced by real lace insertions or edgings, While it Will be obvious that `the completed object may be manufactured at much less cost.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The art or method of producing lace insertion effects Which consists in providing upon a piece of material resenting an opening cut therein and adapted to be embroidered over from margin lto prepared according to margin and in different directions, so as to of material and providing a margin to the background forasubstantial distance later'- to give the appearance ofjav` lace insertion in an opening in saidpiece used for various pura background repallyof a contrasting color from the back- 2. An article of manufacture comprising a piece of material having upon .a portion thereof a background representing an openL ing cut therein,la design for lace effects upony said background, .said design and background y being of "contrasting colors adapted to give the appearance of a lace insertion in an opening in said piece of material, the

margin to the background for a substantial `distance laterally being of a contrasting color from the background proper and the backgrou-nd adapted to be embroidered over from margin to margin and in dilferent direc#V tions, so asto produce inclosed areas.

ySigned at the city, county and State of New York,.this 17 day of February 1916.

' HENRY WEIL.

Vopies of this patent may be obtained `for ve cents each, by addressing the f Commissioner of Patents, l

Washington, D. 0. 

